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Hackbright Academy, Girls in Tech (SF) and DocuSign are proud to sponsor: Hacking for Humanity, a social innovation Hackathon, uniting women to Solve Global Challenges! Join us as we innovate for social change for girls and women on this exciting 2-day event. We’ll be hacking away on topics that ...

Mahsa Tehrani, Hackbright Academy

One of the main questions we get asked at Tech Talent South is simply, “What’s your best advice to students looking to attend a coding bootcamp?” After a few good years, and many students later, we can confidently report that knowing one thing will change the results of your bootcamp experience. ...

This month we had a chance to catch-up with Coding Dojo Chicago Instructor Fiaz Sami! Prior to Coding Dojo he was a developer for over 13 years, and an Instructor at Hack Reactor and Mobile Makers Academy. Read on to see some of his insights into the industry’s future and how to make the most of ...

Hannah Rose, SwitchUp

The best way to know what to expect from a coding school is to talk to the people who have been in the trenches. Code Fellows alumni have seen the good, the bad, and the ugly of spending every waking moment thinking about code—whether they’re updating their existing skill set or actively ...

Sarah Fischer

Thomas Martinez and Remil Marzan are military veterans who both graduated from Code Fellows in Seattle. When considering a coding education, they both were looking for a school that accepts the G.I. Bill, was well-reviewed, and had an excellent reputation in the tech industry. With this criteria ...

Mary Bergeron

In a follow up to last month's feature, we sit down with Mike Adamski, recent Launch Academy graduate and author of the blog Next Door Developer. A Launcher from the 16th Boston cohort, Mike went from warehouse worker to junior developer. In this Q&A, Mike gives us the rundown about his ...

Hannah Rose, SwitchUp

What better way to really learn about a coding bootcamp than to talk to actual alumni about their experiences? Our reviews do just that - real graduates share their real feedback about the school they attended, and leave it to you to decide what works best for you. We culled through dozens of ...

Thinking about a career in UX/UI design? Now is the perfect time to begin. Not only is there currently an enormous talent shortage in design, but now you can also get a $1000 scholarship to participate in one of the world’s most highly rated UX/UI design programs. UX/UI design is the career that ...

Will Shandling, DESIGNATION Co-Founder and Program Director

TK2 Academy (Techknowledgy Academy) is a new coding bootcamp located in the heart of South Florida offering web immersive, iOS and Android development courses. The courses focus not only on coding, but also how to teach students to think outside the box. We had the chance to sit down with ...

Hannah Rose, SwitchUp

Domingos Lopes is about to begin a new job involving machine learning at Google after having completed the NYC Data Science Academy 12-Week Data Science Bootcamp. He came in with a strong math background, having earned a PhD in that field from NYU in 2016. After deciding that he did not want his ...

Ariella Brown

If you want to fail at something, make it a big, hairy, audacious goal. “I will get in shape,” “I will be a better friend,” and “I will learn to code” are all great examples. Goals in general are misguided and formless ideas. Achieving something is the result of many small steps performed ...

The Bloc Team

Shriya Nevatia is a current student at Rithm who previously worked at two small startups in Community & Operations. She has a Computer Science degree from Tufts and is very involved in women in tech communities, including the Spectra hackathon and Ladies Storm Hackathons Facebook group. In her ...

Hannah Rose, SwitchUp

Our gift card giveaway for Winter 2017 is now open! Review your bootcamp before March 31st, and you will be automatically entered to win a $350 Amazon Gift Card. Congratulations to Mark Hauenstein, our winner of the 2016 review giveaway! We asked Mark about his experience at coding bootcamp Zip ...

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Building on student success in Web Development Bootcamp, Thinkful is launching its new Data Science Bootcamp. The course is fully online and flexible — students can learn from wherever they are, at whichever times of day work best for them. The course dives deep into Python and its mathematical ...

Fullstack Academy has been making waves with it's Remote Immersive course. First, they launched a $500,000 scholarship fund to invest in remote learning, and have publicly shared a larger-than-usual amount of information about the way the course is structured. Now, Fullstack is continuing this ...

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Tips for the Next Generation of Cyber Defenders

The need for Skilled Cybersecurity professionals is projected to grow in America, and globally, for the decades to come. And, with the growing volume of sophisticated cyber attacks, the demand for skilled cyber security professionals is quicking outstripping supply. Coding Bootcamps, like Evolve ...

Evolve Academy

Ever feel like you’re out of your depth as a new developer, or you don’t belong as a coding bootcamp student? Chances are you’re experiencing impostor syndrome – the feeling that you’re a fraud despite your accomplishments. Studies show that an estimated 70% of people will experience impostor ...

Flatiron School

Coding Bootcamps have been around since 2012. An estimated 18,300 people will complete bootcamps in 2016, up from 12,100 in 2015. The prevalence of bootcamps has more recently given rise to a collection of "bootcamp prep" programs. In this article, we'll explore these programs and provide a ...

Andy Tiffany

In today’s world, technical skills, like programming, open up amazing new opportunities. But there’s a problem. Typically, it’s been too expensive for the majority of people to get access to education that teaches the technical skills that are so in-demand today. In 2015, President Obama ...

Marco Morawec, Co-Founder of The Firehose Project

Learn Web and Front-End Dev Skills for Free

Over the past few years, JavaScript has exploded in popularity. It is not only essential for front-end developers, but backend and full-stack as well. While there are plenty of free resources already available to people who are learning how to code, piecing together different resources can be ...

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V SCHOOL Opens Office in Beirut, Lebanon and kicks off with a 12-week Coding Bootcamp on "Fullstack JavaScript" Programming Since launching its first program in the Fall of 2013, Utah-based V School has provided technology training to eight refugee populations in the state through a partnership ...

We recently spoke with Laurence Bradford, a self-taught coder and online contributor to publications including Forbes, Mashable, & SitePoint. Passionate about EdTech and using technology to break down barriers in the education system. In addition to blogging about her experiences, she's helping ...

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Recently Lighthouse Labs released its Student Outcomes Report, and the numbers are quite impressive if we say so ourselves. The data is from the period of October 2013 - December 2015 and relates to the 278 students who graduated from the Lighthouse Labs Web and iOS Development Bootcamp ...

Sarah Miller, Switchup

You just found out the great news -- you were accepted to a coding bootcamp! You’ve been working in a job you don’t love, doing work where you feel you aren’t making an impact and you’re finally ready for a change. A big burden has been lifted off your shoulders -- the path to a positive change ...

Tyler Richards, DevMountain

What sets the Galvanize Web Development Immersive program apart from other coding bootcamps? Nmuta Jones: One of the things that makes the program here unique and very rich is the fact that the immersion is pretty deep. We have a structure here that is unlike any other bootcamp that I know of in ...

We chatted with three amazing women who make The Iron Yard the incredible school it is. We learned more about what they do, how their positions impact students and what it means to be a female leader. These are the women who are truly shaping The Iron Yard -- read on to learn more about them! ...

So, who am I talking to? How did you end up as the Full Time Web Development Bootcamp’s program manager? Hi! I’m Bhaumik. I actually started at Thinkful as a Front End Web Development student over three years ago, in one of the school’s first cohorts. Since then, I’ve been focused on making our ...

We had the opportunity to speak with Amber Atkins, a member of The Iron Yard's Advisory Board and Head of Global Recruitment for IBM Design in Austin. She answered our seven quick questions about what she looks for in hiring code school graduates. 1. Approximately how many coding school grads ...

Hi Mike and Ryan! What motivated you to start a bootcamp? We started Inside Sales Bootcamp because we want to help others solve something that took us 7 years, 10+ companies, and 1000+ coffee meetings to figure out. We are motivated on giving individuals skills to help launch careers, enabling ...

Hi Michael! What motivated you to start a bootcamp? To me, The Data Incubator isn’t just a fellowship or bootcamp. It’s a way to help companies identify top data science talent and a way for skilled individuals to transition into data science positions. I was motivated by observing first-hand ...

Tom Crawford is a Mobile Engineering (iOS) instructor at The Iron Yard. He has been with the school for over a year and previously taught at the Washington D.C. campus. Recently, he moved to Detroit to join the new Detroit team and begin teaching there. We wanted to learn a bit more about Tom ...

Sarah Miller, Switchup

Thinkful was nice enough to give us access to one of their awesome mentors, Jacob Roufa. He's been a mentor for a little less than a year and he works with Thinkful's Frontend course and CareerPath students. Read on to learn more about Jacob's experience -- including what sessions look like and ...

Hey there, Will! What motivated you to start a bootcamp? I was lucky to get to go to Harvard and Oxford for college and graduate school and I'm hugely grateful for that but I still graduated frustrated that I couldn't build the things I dreamt up. I saw my friends feeling the same way - ...

Isaac is currently a software engineering student at Codesmith, a 12-week immersive program in Los Angeles teaching full stack JavaScript. Based on the Oxford University educational paradigm of immersive independent learning combined with mentorship, the curriculum is primarily project-based, ...

Alex is attending Grace Hopper Academy’s inaugural cohort in January 2016 in NYC

Alex Polubiec is currently attending the inaugural cohort of Grace Hopper Academy, the only women's coding school with no up-front tuition cost. Created in partnership with the renowned coding bootcamp Fullstack Academy, Grace Hopper Academy is based in New York City and teaches full-stack. We ...

Hi, Cynthia! What were you up to before the course? What were your goals coming into the course? I ran into a situation common in the startup industry. Both of my technical co-founders left my consumer-based gift giving app for various reasons and I had an immediate need for technical help. I ...

To become a great Software Engineer, you should focus on acquiring 3 main skills: Knowledge of the full stack Ability to learn by yourself Soft skills Read on to learn in detail what these skills are and how Holberton School is a great place to get trained in them. Knowledge of the full stack ...

Sylvain Kalache, Holberton School

You’re considering enrolling in a coding bootcamp, but let’s be frank: it can be intimidating. As a beginner, you know there is an entire world of programming concepts out there, as well as the vocabulary — words like React, debugging, Git, optimization, Babel, and so on — that you need to learn ...

Aaron Fried, Thinkful

With our 1st and 16th Philadelphia and Boston cohorts, respectively, under our belts, we’ve seen many students come as beginners and leave as Launchers. There have been bugs and problems aplenty but our Experience Engineers (EEs) and mentors are always there for our students. We asked our EEs ...

Maria Liang, Launch Academy

At Launch, we’ve seen a tremendous rise in the number of bootcamp prep courses. Last year there were close to zero and this year there are at least ten and counting. Traditional higher ed-prep programs have been around for ages. But given their relatively new existence for bootcamps, how should ...

Maria Liang, Launch Academy

JP Morgan Chase is one of the world’s leading financial institutions and an exciting place to work as a data scientist, but getting hired there is very challenging. We recently spoke with Dr. John Maiden, a data scientist with JP Morgan Chase’s Digital Intelligence team to learn more about what ...

We’re excited to announce that SwitchUp is now a CIRR member organization! The Council on Integrity and Results Reporting (CIRR) is a coalition of 18 organizations- and counting- that aim to standardize how bootcamps report outcomes so that students have access to reliable, vetted data.Here at ...

The SwitchUp Team

New Software Engineers often think that there are only two ways to get into the Tech industry: traditional universities and coding bootcamps. But few know that there is a third option: Progressive Education. This style of education, which Holberton uses, emphasizes learning by doing via a ...

Sylvain Kalache, Holberton School

Whether you work in the field of software development or not, it’s no surprise that the technology industry is booming. Tech is moving so quickly that even experts cannot accurately predict what is next. That’s why we all love technology, right? However, the nature of tech may leave you ...

Dan Siepen, Co-founder of Coder Factory Academy

Analytics is a lucrative and high-growth field, and can be a great way to progress your career while building off your prior knowledge. In most organizations, there are very few members who have the skills to understand and analyze data. Those who are data-literate are needed and valued across ...

Bonnie Gibson, Level.edu

The process of building great software begins and ends with good communication. In this article, you’ll learn why communication is so important, along with five areas to focus on as you begin your software engineering career. I wish I knew that the software development process begins and ends ...

Dan Pickett, Co-Founder of Launch Academy

“I worried about if I could be successful here. Was I going to be able to find a job after? Was I even going to get through the program? I don’t come from a tech background, so it was both intimidating and worrying to see if I’d be able to adapt to the new environment and experiences that I’d be ...

By Christine Zimmermann, Marketing Manager at Startup Institute

While coding is the skill that tends to dominate the conversation, one of the most rewarding and fastest growing ways to make your way into the professional tech world is through UX and UI design. If these aren’t terms you’re already familiar with, you may want to reference our blog post ...

By Will Shandling, DESIGNATION Program Director

Best Coding Bootcamps

The Comprehensive 2017 Guide

Choosing a code school can be difficult, even overwhelming. But don’t worry, we’ve got your back and narrowed it down to the top 34 bootcamps in the world...

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Best Data Science Bootcamps

The 2017 Insider's Guide

Over the past year and a half, we’ve amassed hundreds of data science bootcamp reviews and gathered thousands of data points to bring you our list of recommendations and rankings...

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Best Web Design Courses

Top-Reviewed Programs in 2017

Have you ever seen a webpage and been blown away by the design? Or, better yet, have you ever seen a page that needs a little work? Maybe it’s not user-friendly or responsive. Maybe it’s got way too much going on and needs to be simplified. Maybe it needs a special touch. Maybe it needs you!

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Best Cyber Security Bootcamps

The Comprehensive Guide

Why Cybersecurity? The number and frequency of cyberattacks is on the rise, and the demand for employees with cyber security training is now higher than ever...